[S-C] Fwd: Cosmological Imagination conference

[Kevin Shrieve]

Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:11:44 -0700
Subject: Cosmological Imagination conference
From: Lauren de Boer <klauren@earthlight.org>

Dear Friends,

A great conference is happening here in two weeks, "The Cosmological
Imagination" -- in Berkeley, November 1-3, with many extraordinary
creative thinkers presenting, plus Balinese dancers and a
Planetarium show.  It is sponsored by the California Institute of
Integral Studies and other groups. For more information and
registration, go to:

http://www.ciis.edu/pcc/conference.html.

Thomas Berry, now age 87, is making a rare  trip from North Carolina
to be present for a 90-minute tribute  to him on Saturday afternoon,
Nov. 2, as a main feature of the conference.

The galaxy of speakers includes Brian Swimme, Joanna Macy, Richard
Tarnas, Stanislav Grof, Robert McDermott, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Susan
Griffin, Charlene Spretnak, Matthew Fox, Sean Kelly, David Ulansey,
Theodore Roszak, Lauren Artress, Christopher Bache, Larry Edwards,
Ralph Metzner, Wes Nisker, Christian de Quincey, Rod O'Neal, Molly
Dwyer, Drew Dellinger, and Robert Hand.

Below is a brief summary. The setting is the beautiful sanctuary of
St. John's Presbyterian in Berkeley.

THE COSMOLOGICAL IMAGINATION:

TRANSFORMING WORLD VIEWS FOR THE PLANETARY ERA

We are living at the end of an era. The old structures of the world
are cracking apart, the moment of creative chaos is upon us, and the
drama of our time has become a great question: What new principles,
what new structures-social, political, economic, intellectual,
psychological, spiritual-will emerge to shape our future? It is no
exaggeration to say, everything is at stake, from the deep ecology of
our planetary biosphere to the deep ecology of the human spirit.

This entire drama ultimately is taking place within the terms of our
cosmology. For cosmology is the great container, the metastructure of
meaning, the encompassing vessel within which everything else is
defined. The limits of our cosmological imagination define the limits
of our existence. Will we live in a disenchanted, mechanistic,
purposeless universe as a randomly produced oddity of isolated
consciousness, or will we discover our embeddedness and creative
participation in a living cosmos of profound unfolding meaning and
purpose?

We have assembled many of the most creative thinkers of our time to
address these looming questions, so that all of us might move more
deeply into this great rethinking. Join us November 1, 2, and 3, and
participate in the swift currents of planetary creativity.


For more information and registration, go to:

http://www.ciis.edu/pcc/conference.html.



K. Lauren de Boer, Executive Editor
EarthLight Magazine
http://www.earthlight.org